The Habits of a Systems Thinker are reprinted in chapter 2 of the AMA Education Consortium: Health Systems Science textbook. Each Habit is listed with an explanation and example of how it connects to the field. Here is an example taken from the textbook for identifies the circular nature of complex cause and effect relationships.

"Individuals respond to stress differently, and these differences may interact with stress-generating social exposures over time to affect many health outcomes, such as diabetes and hypertension. The impact later in life of early-life exposure and stress responsiveness demonstrates that parental behavior can modify the long-term responsiveness of offspring...Greater stress responsiveness could also promote the selection into environents that tend to reduce stress, creating a balancing feedback loop."¹